Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 6: Fire Engineering 6 - 2 approaches to ensure that a multi-storey building meets all mandatory fire safety requirements. The parts of the Eurocodes relevant to fire design of multi-storey steel-framed buildings with composite floors, include:  EN 1991-1-2, Eurocode 1. Actions on structures exposed to fire [2]  EN 1993-1-2, Eurocode 3. Steel structures – Structural fire design [3]  EN 1994-1-2, Eurocode 4. Composite structures – Structural fire design [4] . In addition to the general requirements, principles and rules, these documents also recommend the partial factors and design effect of loads for fire design. They provide a series of equations/models for the calculation of temperature rise, critical temperature and load bearing resistance of a structural member in fire conditions. This guide provides engineers with a wide range of fire safety strategies for the design of multi-storey buildings. For less experienced designers this publication provides guidance on the use of datasheets to meet the legal fire safety requirements. More experienced engineers will find that the simple calculation models in the Eurocodes are straightforward to apply and will result in a more economic solution.